{"id":78806,"date":"2025-04-02T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-02T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2025\/04\/02\/downed-in-enemy-territory-this-vietnam-pilot-refused-to-be-captured\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T14:08:04","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T14:08:04","slug":"downed-in-enemy-territory-this-vietnam-pilot-refused-to-be-captured","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/veterans\/military-history\/2025\/04\/02\/downed-in-enemy-territory-this-vietnam-pilot-refused-to-be-captured\/","title":{"rendered":"Downed in enemy territory, this American pilot refused to be captured"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Maj. Robert Alfred Lodge was the consummate professional in U.S. Air Force circles. In his second tour of duty over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2025\/03\/04\/first-black-officer-to-earn-medal-of-honor-sacrificed-all-in-vietnam\/\" target=\"_blank\">Vietnam<\/a> he approached the coveted status of \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-air-force\/2025\/03\/07\/how-a-dauntless-dive-bomber-became-a-wwii-ace-at-coral-sea\/\" target=\"_blank\">fighter ace<\/a>.\u201d Even though he fell short of that marker, he left behind a legacy for his branch of service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Born in New York City on June 30, 1941, Lodge decided on his career early, entering Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps during his first year at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and obtaining his Master of Science degree in aeronautics at Purdue University, Indiana, from June 1964 to March 1965, while at the same time attending the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBob Lodge was a friend,\u201d said Vietnam War ace Richard Stephen \u201cSteve\u201d Ritchie in an interview with Military Times. \u201cA fellow 1964 graduate of the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and one of my former students in the Air Force Top Gun school at Nellis Air Force base, Nevada, he was promoted to major in three years, which is the earliest possible.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/veterans\/military-history\/2024\/12\/28\/at-103-this-p-51-mustang-pilot-could-soon-become-wwiis-last-ace\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"207\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/342-FH_001717.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">At 103, this P-51 Mustang pilot could soon become WWII\u2019s last ace<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">James McCubbin, 103, is under consideration for recognition as a WWII ace for shooting down enemy aircraft in his P-51 Mustang.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In March 1966 Lodge qualified as a pilot at Moody Air Force Base, Georgia. Among the assignments that followed were bombing missions over North Vietnam. From December 1966 to July 1967 Lodge flew in a Republic F-105D Thunderchief with the 357th Tactical Fighter Squadron (TFS) from Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Upon his second tour in Vietnam in January 1971, he was chief of the Fighter Tactics Branch for the 432nd Tactical Reconnaissance Wing, operating from Udorn Royal Thai Air Force Base.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By this time, Lodge, now a major, was flying a McDonnell F-4D Phantom II fighter \u2014 equipped with the latest APG-81 \u201cCombat Tree\u201d radar \u2014 of the 555th TFS with 1st Lt. Roger Locher as his weapons systems operator (WSO). On Feb. 21, 1972, the duo was credited with shooting down a Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 of the Vietnamese People\u2019s Air Force (VPAF).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On May 8, President Richard Nixon launched an all-out bombing campaign against North Vietnamese industrial and transport targets, with the Viet Cong responding in kind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1865\" height=\"1729\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Navy-A-7E-Corsair-IIs-of-VA-195-from-carrier-Kitty-Hawk-bomb-the-Hai-Duong-railway-bridge-1972.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-109562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Navy-A-7E-Corsair-IIs-of-VA-195-from-carrier-Kitty-Hawk-bomb-the-Hai-Duong-railway-bridge-1972.jpg.jpg 1865w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Navy-A-7E-Corsair-IIs-of-VA-195-from-carrier-Kitty-Hawk-bomb-the-Hai-Duong-railway-bridge-1972.jpg.jpg?resize=300,278 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Navy-A-7E-Corsair-IIs-of-VA-195-from-carrier-Kitty-Hawk-bomb-the-Hai-Duong-railway-bridge-1972.jpg.jpg?resize=768,712 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Navy-A-7E-Corsair-IIs-of-VA-195-from-carrier-Kitty-Hawk-bomb-the-Hai-Duong-railway-bridge-1972.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,949 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Navy-A-7E-Corsair-IIs-of-VA-195-from-carrier-Kitty-Hawk-bomb-the-Hai-Duong-railway-bridge-1972.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1424 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1865px) 100vw, 1865px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Navy A-7E Corsair IIs of VA-195 from carrier Kitty Hawk bomb the Hai Duong railway bridge in North Vietnam on May 10, 1972. The photograph was taken by the rearward-looking strike camera of Lt. Mike Ruth\u2019s Corsair. (National Museum of Naval Aviation)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. fielded far more aircraft with the latest technology, while the North Vietnamese countered with a defensive \u201ctriad\u201d comprised of surface-to-air missiles (SAMs) at the highest altitude, MiG fighters below them and anti-aircraft artillery (AAA) awaiting the lowest-flying enemy aircraft, all coordinated by ground control intercept (GCI).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Flying on the first day of the campaign Lodge and Locher were credited with another MiG-21 \u2014 their victim was most likely Lt. Vo Sy Giap of the 921st Fighter Regiment, who after being hit tried to force-land, only to see his plane descending on the Truong Trung Secondary School. He veered to avoid it but crashed and died of his injuries on May 11.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.historynet.com\/day-of-duels-operation-linebacker\/\" target=\"_blank\">May 10, 1972, proved to be the largest and wildest air engagement of the Vietnam War,<\/a> with the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy and Vietnamese People\u2019s Air Force committing all they had. That morning Lodge led four Phantoms of \u201cOyster Flight,\u201d 555th TFS, which included his old schoolmate, Capt. Steve Ritchie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe plan was to go in low level with Combat Tree birds, to intercept and defeat enemy fighters that would attempt to prevent our strike Phantoms from dropping their highly accurate laser guided bombs,\u201d Ritchie said in an interview. \u201cApproaching our planned orbit some 25 to 30 miles west of Hanoi, we stayed below 300 feet as planned and continued radio silence until we electronically spotted a flight of four MiG-21s in orbit northwest of Hanoi.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The F-4s turned north, pointing their radar sensors skyward to achieve full system radar lock-ons at 15 miles. Closing at 1,200 mph, the computers for their radar-guided AIM-7 Sparrow missiles indicated they were in range and the first two jets \u2014 Lodge\u2019s Oyster One and Oyster Two crewed by 1st Lt. John Markle and Capt. Stephen Eaves \u2014 launched their Sparrows at seven miles. Within seconds, two MiGs fell in flames.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cLodge and I, in Oyster One and Three, immediately turned our fighters as hard as possible to achieve rear-quarter positions on the remaining two MiGs,\u201d said Ritchie. \u201cI locked on to the third MiG using the auto-acquisition switch on the left throttle and fired two Sparrows at a range of 6,000 feet.\u201d His second missile exploded under the fuselage and the pilot bailed out at 15,000 feet. Ritchie had his first of an eventual five victories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">North Vietnamese accounts mention MiG-21 MFs of the 921st Fighter Regiment, scrambling up from Kep airbase, being ambushed and pilot Nguyen Van Ngai being killed immediately \u2014 probably by Lodge and Locher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A second 921st pilot was reportedly killed by one of the VPAF\u2019s own SAMs and another MiG-21 was damaged by 20mm \u201cfriendly fire\u201d as it returned to Noi Lai Air Base. Cao Son Khau, after claiming an F-4, was struck by a missile \u2014 possibly Ritchie\u2019s \u2014 and ejected, only to subsequently die of injuries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1620\" height=\"962\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/A-KC-135-tanker-refuels-F-4E-Phantom-II-fighters-and-F-105G-Thunderchief-fighter-bombers-Vietnam.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-109565\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/A-KC-135-tanker-refuels-F-4E-Phantom-II-fighters-and-F-105G-Thunderchief-fighter-bombers-Vietnam.jpg.jpg 1620w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/A-KC-135-tanker-refuels-F-4E-Phantom-II-fighters-and-F-105G-Thunderchief-fighter-bombers-Vietnam.jpg.jpg?resize=300,178 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/A-KC-135-tanker-refuels-F-4E-Phantom-II-fighters-and-F-105G-Thunderchief-fighter-bombers-Vietnam.jpg.jpg?resize=768,456 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/A-KC-135-tanker-refuels-F-4E-Phantom-II-fighters-and-F-105G-Thunderchief-fighter-bombers-Vietnam.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,608 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/A-KC-135-tanker-refuels-F-4E-Phantom-II-fighters-and-F-105G-Thunderchief-fighter-bombers-Vietnam.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,912 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1620px) 100vw, 1620px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A KC-135 tanker refuels F-4E Phantom II fighters and F-105G Thunderchief fighter-bombers, \u201cWild Weasels,\u201d equipped with electronics that enable the F-105 to home in on and destroy radars at SAM sites. (National Museum of the U.S. Air Force)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thus far, Ritchie thought Oyster Flight had performed splendidly: \u201ca perfectly planned, perfectly executed mission, resulting in four American victories. But it was too good to be true. Bob Lodge got the first MiG for his third victory and he and Locher were positioning for a shot at MiG number four when we spotted some MiG-19s coming down on him from above and behind. \u2018Oyster One \u2014 Break! \u2014 Break!\u2019 we screamed. \u2018MiG-19s at six o\u2019clock. Oyster One, Oyster One \u2014 Break! MiG-19s firing!\u2019 He did not respond to our frantic calls and was hit by enemy cannon fire. Within seconds, the Phantom burst into flames and rolled.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lodge and Locher had been ambushed not by a Mach-2 MiG-21, but a Shenyang J-6, a Chinese-built version of the Mach-1 MiG-19, newly delivered to the 925th Fighter Regiment and only operational since May 8. The VPAF credited Nguyen Van Phuc of the 925th with the destruction of Lodge\u2019s Phantom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhat began as a triumph was ending in tragedy,\u201d Ritchie lamented. \u201cTwo of America\u2019s finest young officers, and two very close friends, were going down in flames, and Oyster Two, Three and Four were being chased out by the remaining MiG-21 and the MiG-19s. It was not supposed to end that way. He had three victories at that time and would probably have made ace if that MiG-19 hadn\u2019t downed him. He did not bail out. He was the wing\u2019s weapons officer, and always told us that if he was ever shot down, \u2018I will not be captured.\u2019 None of us believed him.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cLodge\u2019s Phantom was upside down,\u201d Ritchie continued, \u201con fire and out of control at 7,000 feet when he told Roger Locher, \u2018You can bail out if you want to.\u2019 Locher barely made it, but Lodge knew too much information and was concerned that the North Vietnamese might get it out of him, so he rode the plane down. After the May 10 mission I became weapons officer for the 432nd FRW.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Locher was still missing as his squadron mates overflew the area, hearing nothing from his survival radio but likewise no news of his death or capture from the North Vietnamese.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then, on June 1, a 555th TFS strike force was near Yen Bai Air Base, some 70 miles northwest of Hanoi, when a call came up: \u201cAny U.S. aircraft \u2014 this is Oyster-Zero-Zero-Bravo \u2014 over.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 555th was not using the Oyster call sign that day, but its pilots suddenly realized: \u201cMy God, that\u2019s Roger Locher!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They answered and Locher said, \u201cHey, guys, I\u2019ve been down here a long time. Any chance of picking me up?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ritchie radioed back, \u201cYou bet \u2014 you bet there is!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBack at Udorn we quickly planned and launched one of the deepest, most difficult and dangerous rescues ever attempted,\u201d Ritchie continued. \u201cThere were numerous SAM sites and more than adequate AAA around Yen Bai, one of North Vietnam\u2019s most important airfields. And of all places, Locher was only five miles off the south end of the runway.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gen. John Vogt Jr., commander of Air Forces in Vietnam\/Thailand, canceled the day\u2019s 150-plane strike mission to Hanoi and dedicated the more than 150 aircraft to rescuing Locher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite a record 23 days of evasion deep in enemy territory, Sikorsky HH-3 Jolly Green Giant rescue helicopters extracted Locher with no injuries and no losses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lodge, however, was not as lucky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 1977 the Vietnamese government returned Lodge\u2019s remains, which have since been interred in the U.S. Air Force Academy Cemetery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With two combat tours, 186 sorties in 2,000 flying hours and the Silver Star with four oak leaf clusters, Lodge has also posthumously received the Senior Pilot\u2019s Wings and the 1974 Jabara Award.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maj. 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